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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Drovers Woods (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Drovers Woods. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Drovers Woods ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
While the name of this community is Drovers Woods, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Drovers Woods may originally have been Drover's Woods.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Drovers Woods might be written as Drover Woods.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Drovers Woods is located in Dane County.
To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dane County: Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock & Sauk.
Below are the counties that are near Drovers Woods. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Drovers Woods:
- Dane County (The home county of Drovers Woods)
- The following are listed by their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Pierceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Marshall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- Sun Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- East Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- North Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Deerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Door Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- DeForest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- DeForest is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Darwin is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Windsor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Windsor is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Keyeser
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Keyeser is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyeser
- Columbus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Columbus is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,117 people
- North Leeds
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- North Leeds is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Leeds
- Fall River
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Fall River is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,757 people
- Otsego
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Otsego is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otsego
- Arlington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Arlington is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 818 people
- Doylestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Doylestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doylestown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Englewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Englewood is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Rio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rio is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,047 people
- Poynette
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Poynette is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poynette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,508 people
- Lodi
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lodi is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Wyocena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Wyocena is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyocena
- Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
- Former names for Wyocena:
- Duck Creek
- Wiocena
- Harmony Grove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Harmony Grove is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Grove
- Dodge County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Astico
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Astico is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astico
- Reeseville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Reeseville is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 673 people
- Lowell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Lowell is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Clyman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Clyman is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 396 people
- Beaver Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Beaver Dam is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,303 people
- Randolph
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Randolph is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,738 people
- Juneau
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Juneau is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juneau
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,532 people
- Fox Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fox Lake is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,440 people
- Hustisford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hustisford is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustisford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,060 people
- Minnesota Junction
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Minnesota Junction is located in Dodge County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnesota Junction
- Green County
- Dayton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dayton is located in Green County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- Lake Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Mills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,014 people
- Lake Ripley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ripley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ripley
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Milford is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milford
- Grellton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Grellton is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grellton
- Johnson Creek
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,065 people
- Jefferson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,037 people
- Watertown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Watertown is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,370 people
- Lake Koshkonong
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Koshkonong is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Koshkonong
- Carcajou
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Carcajou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carcajou
- Fort Atkinson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Atkinson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Atkinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,372 people
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Helenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Helenville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helenville
- Rock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Cooksville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Cooksville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooksville
- Edgerton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Edgerton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,595 people
- Fulton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Indianford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Indianford is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indianford
- Union
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Union is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Milton Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Milton Junction is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Junction
- Evansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Evansville is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
- Milton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Milton is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,643 people
- Lima Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lima Center is located in Rock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima Center
- Sauk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Merrimac
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Merrimac is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrimac
- Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
- Moon Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Moon Valley is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Valley
- Sauk City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sauk City is located in Sauk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,498 people
- Walworth County
- Whitewater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Whitewater is located in Walworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 14,993 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Drovers Woods, see our County-by-County Page for Drovers Woods.
Cemeteries Near Drovers Woods ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Drovers Woods.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Drovers Woods - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Drovers Woods covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Deansville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pierceville Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Medina Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bristol Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- South York Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- York Center Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sun Prairie Memory Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cottage Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- South Road Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- North York Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hoepker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Washington Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Drovers Woods in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Drovers Woods.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Drovers Woods, with the one closest to Drovers Woods listed first.
- Deansville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deansville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deansville
- Pierceville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pierceville is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
- Marshall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,016 people
- Sun Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
- Cottage Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 people
- East Bristol
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- East Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bristol
- Burke
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Burke is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
- Vilas
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Vilas is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vilas
- Waterloo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waterloo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,322 people
- North Bristol
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- North Bristol is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bristol
- Deerfield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Deerfield is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,540 people
- Hope
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hope is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Nora
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Nora is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nora
- Door Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Door Creek is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Door Creek
- London
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- London is located in Dane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Drovers Woods. See our List of 1890's Communities around Drovers Woods.
Newspapers Published in Drovers Woods ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 210 newspapers that have been published in the area around Drovers Woods.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Drovers Woods, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Drovers Woods.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Drovers Woods:
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Pages specific to Dane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Dodge County
- Green County
- Jefferson County
- Rock County
- Sauk County
- Walworth County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Wisconsin
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Drovers Woods, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Drovers Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |